The Dutch PHP Conference is now in its 4th year and yet again promises a varied and inspiring few days of excellent technical content including Sebastian Bergmann, Kevlin Henney, Chris Shiflett, Ilia Alshanetsky and many other fascinating speakers and topics.

The event is held in Amsterdam from 10th to 12th June 2010, for more information see the website at http://phpconference.nl - we hope you can join us in Amsterdam in June!

PHP Quebec and the ConFoo team is pleased to announce the schedule of the ConFoo Web Techno Conference. With over 130 presentations in 8 rooms, ConFoo brings you the best of Web development.

The event will take place on March 8th to 12th in Montreal, at the prestigious Hilton Bonaventure Hotel.

Over 100 specialists will be present at the conference to share their knowledge during talks and training. Among them will be: Rasmus Lerdorf, Terry Chay, Chris Shiflett and Morgan Tocker

You would not want to miss the following presentations: HTML5: Where Are We Now? (Mark Pilgrim), Andrei's Regex Clinic (Andrei Zmievski), Security-Centered Design (Chris Shiflett) and Welcome to the Wild Wild Web (Carl Mercier)

Register online before January 22nd and save 200$!
Looking forward to see you at the conference.

PHP London are pleased to announce the date, venue and registration availability of their 5th annual UK PHP conference, building on the success of previous events and accommodating the continual growth of the PHP community and PHP development industry.

The event takes place on Friday 26th February 2010 at the Business Design Centre in the Islington area of London. Information on the venue is available on our website.

Registration is now available, with an early bird discount of £20 putting the price at £100 (ex. UK VAT), available for the rest of December 2009, increasing to £110 during January 2010, whilst the standard £120 price is available now (for those that wish to significantly contribute towards the running of the conference) until either the event takes place or we run out of places - so register as soon as you can to get the best price and secure your place.

Feel free to create an account on the PHP UK Conference website at and sign-up for notifications of updates to the website.

Important announcements will also be made to the PHP London announcement mailing list - sign up at http://lists.phplondon.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/phplondon-announce - via which you may be receiving this message now, and you can also follow the conference on Twitter (@phpukconference - #phpuk2010) and be a fan on Facebook.

We expect to announce the initial line up of talks and speakers before Christmas, whilst potential sponsors/exhibitors can find information at http://www.phpconference.co.uk/sponsors and contact the conference committee using the form at http://www.phpconference.co.uk/contact.

We hope to see you at the event in 2010!

The main focus of the PHP UK conference is obviously the talks that are given, and so we hope to attract the best PHP speakers from around the world.

We are looking for talks relating to any non-basic aspect of the PHP programming language, be it mainstream, advanced, niche or non-technical.

Speakers will be invited to the pre-conference dinner, likely to be on Thursday February 25th 2010 and the post-conference social dinner after the event.

The deadline for this call for papers is the end of Saturday 31st October 2009.

With its mixture of topics the International PHP Conference provides an ideal resource for all professionals and their successful daily routine within the whole PHP spectrum. Insights into current Web 2.0 technologies, Security, Best Practices for tools and components, Enterprise know-how, databases, architectures and more are presented at the International PHP Conference 2009.

More than 30 Experts explain current trends and demonstrate how to make the most of your code and your business. They will answer your questions not only in the 40+ sessions and panel discussions but also during personal meetings.

And for the very first time ever, on Sunday, 15th November, the PHP community will warm up with our free IPC Unconference. This is the place, where YOU decide about the sessions - just pick your favorite topics and get in touch with some of our speakers and other developers.

Make use of this opportunity and make yourself a part of the worldwide PHP community – at the International PHP Conference 2009.

On 24th and 25th of November you should not miss the lectures of the top speakers of the PHP Industry on Professional Software Development with PHP at Munich Conference Center.

10 international speakers offer you more than 20 hours of knowledge transfer in the topics "Development", "Tools & Technologies", "PHP 5 Certification", "TYPO3 Certification", "Search Engine Optimization" and "Design Patterns with PHP" on two days.

On November 24th, Pierre Joye from the PHP core team under Windows opens the congress with his keynote "PHP 5.3 and PHP 6". Amongst others topics include OOP, Web Application Security 2.0, SOAP in PHP and Zend Framework.

The 25th November is a workshop day aimed at expanding and deepening your knowledge in PHP 5 Certification, TYPO3 Certification, Search Engine Optimization and Design Patterns with PHP.

More detailed information is available on our website Twitter or in our group on Facebook.

PHP Quebec, Montreal-Python, Ruby Montreal, W3Qc, and OWASP Montreal are organizing the first edition of the ConFoo.ca conference for Web technologies, which will be held in Montreal on March 10th through 12th, at the prestigious Hilton Bonaventure Hotel.

We are looking for the best international speakers willing to share their experience and skills with programmers, managers and marketers.

The conference is divided into two parts:

A technical part, encompassing different aspects of Web development: PHP, Python, Ruby, security, CMSs and frameworks, databases, systems administration, Web standards, accessibility and agile methods.

A management part: project management, referencing (SEO), Web marketing analysis, and social networking.

The call for papers is open until November 13th. For more information regarding the conference and call for speakers, visit the conference website at http://www.ConFoo.ca

The PHP Barcelona User Group is proud to announce that the PHP Barcelona Conference 2009 is here, and it is arriving bigger than ever! Two days, three parallel tracks of talks and workshops, and some of the biggest names and companies in the industry covering the hottest subjects to date.

Come to Barcelona (Citilab) to see Rasmus Lerdorf, Fabien Potencier, Derick Rethans, Sebastian Bergmann and many more open the hood and expose the secrets of PHP and PHP related technologies that make the Internet what it is today, and that power what the Internet will be tomorrow. Discover the newest evolution of the most popular scripting language and its intimate bonding with security, stability and scalability, and how its integration with cutting edge technology make it one of the most powerful and state of the art building blocks for robust applications.

For more information about PHP Barcelona Conference 2009 and to register, please visit http://phpconference.es

The Zend PHP Conference 2009 (ZendCon) is the largest event of the PHP community and a unique opportunity to meet with PHP developers, web experts and IT managers. This year's conference will be held October 19- 22, 2009 in San Jose, California. It will bring together developers and business managers from around the world for three days of exceptional presentations and networking events.

At ZendCon 2009, sessions will focus on creating, deploying and managing applications that take advantage of the speed, scalability and simplicity of PHP. To find out more about ZendCon, see the full session listing, and register, visit http://zendcon.com/.

The PHP North West Conference has announced its return for a second year, to be held on Saturday 10th October 2009 in Manchester, UK. This is a one-day conference aimed at developers from the local region and further afield, with a deliberately low ticket price to ensure everyone who wants to attend can do so. We combine experienced speakers with some new local talent to bring an event that truly has something for everyone and a great buzz.

The official conference is on the Saturday but there are social events on Friday and Saturday and an informal schedule on Sunday, so come and make a weekend of it with us in Manchester! All the venues are in central Manchester and walkable from mainline public transport, so do join us.

There is a call for papers which runs until 16th August 2009 and the early bird ticket prices are fixed until September 10th. For more information, to submit a paper, to buy tickets, or to contact the organisers please visit the conference website.